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Kyoko Kubota
I joined en world from a different profession in 2019. I am a recruiting consultant in the Life Sciences division, utilizing my previous experience to recruit for the medical industry. I went on maternity/childcare leave for about eight months, starting August 2022, before taking my current post. I balance childcare and work while motivating my team as a senior consultant.
- What is your current role and job description?
I am a senior consultant in the Life Science Division of Full-Time Staffing. The Life Science Division is responsible for diverse positions in the pharmaceutical, medical device, life science equipment, and health tech industries.
My clients are primarily foreign medical device manufacturers. I introduce prospective employees to client companies based on their needs for each position.I also motivate my team by engaging with them and training new employees.
- When and why did you join en world?
I joined the company in October 2019. My previous job was in rehabilitation and patient care as an occupational therapist at a general hospital for seven and half years.
I then joined a project to launch a new business, but various factors led to the business closing and me finding myself out of a job.
I was 29 years old and decided to challenge myself by working in a different medical field, so I expanded my job search to a broader scope. I had been applying for jobs in employment support services for nurses. A chance encounter led me to learn about and join en world.
During my interview, I felt that joining en world would provide me with the most challenging environment, so I decided to take the job.
- What does your current working life look like?
I was promoted to Senior Consultant in August 2022 but took maternity and childcare leave immediately after my promotion. I returned to work in May 2023, working while raising my child.
When I first joined the company, I did not think much about how I envisioned my personal life. However, facing my child’s birth, I began to worry about when I would be able to return to work and how I would be able to balance work and childcare when I returned.
My supervisor and I had a fairly open relationship, so we worked out the timings of my maternity leave and return to work. I took maternity and childcare leave for about eight months and felt supported even after returning to work.
I think about how to improve my performance as quickly as possible without compromising quality. I am more conscious of allocating time and making the tough decisions on what not to do, as I now have a better understanding of how to use my time.
- What makes en world a good employer for balancing childcare and work?
I really appreciate the flextime system and location-independent work style with having the option to work from home or in the office. I come to the office two or three times a month, and I find it very convenient to work where there are few time constraints. Childcare is unpredictable, and making my own schedule allows me to work around that chaos.
I have encountered many situations besides scheduling where my team’s generosity has been an enormous help. My team is incredibly cooperative, so I do not need to avoid working from home due to concerns about how others view me. I can concentrate on improving my performance, which is why it is such a great workplace.
- What are your team members like?
In a nutshell, I think we all have a clear desire to succeed together. Our team creates an atmosphere that makes it really easy to work.
That has been the case since I joined the company. When I first arrived, I got outstanding support, including a one-on-one with my manager soon after. It is not just the managers either. Everyone told me they would help and support me in my work if I asked. After the pandemic and maternity/childcare leave, I worked remotely most of the time, but that support system has basically stayed the same.
I often work remotely due to my responsibilities as a mother, so I communicate with my team mainly through video and online chat. Our team’s general chat is quite active, and some of my colleagues contact me for personal matters, so I rarely feel psychologically distant from my work.
- Why would you recommend working at en world to prospective employees?
I feel that we offer excellent teamwork because so many of our people have a mindset of supporting each other to be our best. Because of that, anyone who joins en world will receive the support they need to grow. Everyone has different plans for their career or personal life, but the greatest benefit of working at en world is the balance it offers between work and paternting.
- What makes an outstanding recruitment consultant?
It is about understanding and leveraging your strengths. Everyone has different personalities and skill. The key is to find your strengths, whether they are communication skills or specialized knowledge, and provide services that leverage those strengths.
People with an awareness of what makes good customer service also have an advantage. This could mean a better understanding of companies and prospective employees or helping clients make the right decision in a limited time frame by improving the quality of their interviews. Clients demand a quality of service that we must be here to provide.
I try to manage processes by carefully imagining and anticipating what opportunities and risks that lie ahead based on the personalities of our client companies and prospective employees.
- What are your future prospects and goals?
I am concentrating on achieving my work performance goals while enjoying time with my family. I am still exploring how I can work with my colleagues to maintain and improve the quality of our services. However, I would say that two of my goals for the future are to strengthen my client relationships and focus on providing exemplary service. I want to be successful in both my career and parenthood.
I would also like to continue growing in terms of maximizing the value I provide through this job and how far I can improve our customer service quality, so I will keep challenging myself in these aspects of my work.
- ※The information is current as of November, 2023.
- Career Summary
- Previous jobs
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Occupational Therapist
I worked as an occupational therapist, rehabilitating patients at a general hospital and in-home nursing station, from the time I graduated until I joined en world.
- First three years with en world
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Associate Consultant, Life Sciences Division
Having no experience working in the company, I received various support in taking on all the new challenges.
- Third and fourth years with en world
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Consultant, Life Sciences Division
I experienced growth as I gradually became accustomed to consulting work and was able to manage a series of recruitment processes by myself.
- Up to the present
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Senior Consultant, Life Sciences Division
With a new outlook, I am working hard as a senior consultant to motivate my team while balancing work and childcare.
※I took maternity leave from August 2022 to April 2023